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EFM32 Giant Gecko 11

EFM32 Giant Gecko 11 Starter Kit

EFM32GG11-STK3701¶

Silicon Labs' EFM32GG11-STK3701 is an excellent starting point to get familiar with the EFM32™ Giant Gecko Series 1 32-bit microcontrollers. The starter kit contains sensors and peripherals demonstrating some of the MCU's many capabilities and can serve as a starting point for application development. The Giant Gecko features an on-board SEGGER J-Link debugger and an Advanced Energy Monitoring system, allowing you to program, debug and perform real-time current profiling of your application without using external hardware.

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Giant Gecko Series 1 Platform Features¶

EFM32GG11B820F2048GL192 MCU
- ARM® Cortex™-M4, up to 80MHz
- 512 kB RAM
- 2 MB Flash
- EFM32 OPAMP footprint

Starter kit features
- 20 pin expansion header
- Breakout pads for easy access to I/O pins
- Power sources (USB and CR2032 battery)
- USB interface for Host/Device/OTG

On-board peripherals
- 32 Mb QSPI Flash
- 2 user buttons, 2 user RGB LEDs
- Relative humidity and temperature sensor
- Inductive-capacitive metal sensor
- Backup capacitor for RTC mode

Debugging and Energy Profiling
- Advanced Energy Monitoring system for precise current tracking
- Fully supported in Simplicity Studio
- mbed Online IDE
- Integrated Segger J-Link USB debugger/emulator with debug out functionality
- Supports mbed drag-and-drop programming and virtual COM port

Information

Updating board firmware¶

For information on how to update the interface firmware on your board, please see this guide. The interface firmware delivered with the boards is already mbed-compatible, so an upgrade is not strictly required, though it is recommended to check for updates from time to time.